The 10 Most Underrated Songs By Gay Superstars

We’ve been thinking a lot about gay musicians this week (including our man Steve Grand), and it’s time we stood up for some of the forgotten or lesser-known tracks in their vast catalogs. Here are the ten most underrated tracks from ten gay musical superstars

For a democratically appointed star, Will Young is one cheeky bastard. The UK Pop Idol champ churned out this Top Gun-themed homoerotic video in 2006, and it will make you fall in love (and lust) with him. Look at him checking out the danger zones on those other boys!

It’s easy to forget that Boy George has had a surprising amount of incarnations (Remember in the mid ’90s when he made a bunch of Hootie & The Blowfish-style material like “Funtime”?), but more ashamedly, it’s easy to forget “Sold,” the titular track from his 1987 solo debut. In the UK and Italy it made a splash, but in the states we appreciated very little of Boy George’s solo work, including this cynical, yet celebratory jam.

It’s pretty astounding that Adam Lambert has only had one Top 10 single in the U.S. While I’d say his most underrated non-single is the ferocious “Strut” from his first album, “Never Close Our Eyes” is his most fabulous sleeper single, a danceable earworm with great, sincere lyrics.

How. How wasn’t this a huge U.S. hit? The Scissor Sisters’ 2006 summer jam “I Don’t Feel Like Dancin'” is the pluckiest, corniest, and most wistful of sugary rushes, with a vocal from Jake Shears that’s particularly Bee Gee-tastic.